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Ⅰ. Introduction
This paper aims to present Cross-culture Communication Competence and English Teaching in Middle school. There are three major parts in the paper: firstly, it is the introduction about culture difference and cross-cultural communication; secondly, it is about some steps and measures of how to develop students’ cross-cultural communication competence; finally, it is the relationship between cross-cultural communication and English teaching in middle school.
II.The cultivation of cross-cultural communication competence
1) Improving the communication ability
The aim of the English teaching syllabus currently in China stresses the basic skills of listening, speaking, writing and translating, while the most important goal of English teaching should be to foster the ability of communication. However, the various countries have different custom. There are huge difference between China and the western. Therefore, to carry on effective communication properly with the foreigners, one should know about the cultural background of the western nation as exactly as possible, especially the differences with Chinese culture the background knowledge.
2) Improving the quality of English teaching
Presentation of cultural background can not only help students’ awareness of cultural differences and help them get into a good study habit, but also helps students’ get into know politics, economy, thoughts and ideas of English-speaking countries and nationalities. With general cultural knowledge, they may get to understand the psychology and code of thinking of English-speaking people. This is good for cultivating students’ thinking. Teachers should make good use of the motive to arouse students’ interest in English learning.
III. Relationship between cross-cultural communication and middle school English teaching
Culture and language are closely related. A language can never be learned in a cultural vacuum. Language learning and culture learning are not separable. “It is the same with culture teaching and language teaching. Traditional teaching in foreign language education has limited the teaching of culture transmission of information about the people of the target country and about their general attitudes and worldviews.” In traditional teaching, though students master the pronunciation, grammars, vocabularies and quite a lot of listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating skills, they still can not be said to fully understand and master English. English as a foreign language is the unity of English language and culture. English teaching is essentially a process of cross-culture communication.So it is evidently wrong to interpret things in foreign language in the same way as in mother tongue. IV. Conclusion
On the whole, the relationship between language and culture determines the importance of culture teaching. With the increase of exchange between China and Western countries resulting from the reform and opening up program, people have come to realize that due to the lack of profound knowledge of the Western culture, “cultural shock” will appear now and then when Chinese people communicate with Westerners. Culture plays a very important role in English teaching. Thus it is required to foster students’ intercultural awareness and improve their cultural understanding competence. What’s more, the intercultural communicative ability must be developed at an early age. Middle school is the beginning of English learning ,therefore, English teachers should try their best to increase students’ cultural awareness, so that they will notice the differences when exposed to the target language and culture, besides, they will be able to find out for themselves what to say or do and what not to say or do . Filtering cultural teaching into English teaching can bring about new spirit to middle school English teaching, and it can also promote the quality education.
This paper aims to present Cross-culture Communication Competence and English Teaching in Middle school. There are three major parts in the paper: firstly, it is the introduction about culture difference and cross-cultural communication; secondly, it is about some steps and measures of how to develop students’ cross-cultural communication competence; finally, it is the relationship between cross-cultural communication and English teaching in middle school.
II.The cultivation of cross-cultural communication competence
1) Improving the communication ability
The aim of the English teaching syllabus currently in China stresses the basic skills of listening, speaking, writing and translating, while the most important goal of English teaching should be to foster the ability of communication. However, the various countries have different custom. There are huge difference between China and the western. Therefore, to carry on effective communication properly with the foreigners, one should know about the cultural background of the western nation as exactly as possible, especially the differences with Chinese culture the background knowledge.
2) Improving the quality of English teaching
Presentation of cultural background can not only help students’ awareness of cultural differences and help them get into a good study habit, but also helps students’ get into know politics, economy, thoughts and ideas of English-speaking countries and nationalities. With general cultural knowledge, they may get to understand the psychology and code of thinking of English-speaking people. This is good for cultivating students’ thinking. Teachers should make good use of the motive to arouse students’ interest in English learning.
III. Relationship between cross-cultural communication and middle school English teaching
Culture and language are closely related. A language can never be learned in a cultural vacuum. Language learning and culture learning are not separable. “It is the same with culture teaching and language teaching. Traditional teaching in foreign language education has limited the teaching of culture transmission of information about the people of the target country and about their general attitudes and worldviews.” In traditional teaching, though students master the pronunciation, grammars, vocabularies and quite a lot of listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating skills, they still can not be said to fully understand and master English. English as a foreign language is the unity of English language and culture. English teaching is essentially a process of cross-culture communication.So it is evidently wrong to interpret things in foreign language in the same way as in mother tongue. IV. Conclusion
On the whole, the relationship between language and culture determines the importance of culture teaching. With the increase of exchange between China and Western countries resulting from the reform and opening up program, people have come to realize that due to the lack of profound knowledge of the Western culture, “cultural shock” will appear now and then when Chinese people communicate with Westerners. Culture plays a very important role in English teaching. Thus it is required to foster students’ intercultural awareness and improve their cultural understanding competence. What’s more, the intercultural communicative ability must be developed at an early age. Middle school is the beginning of English learning ,therefore, English teachers should try their best to increase students’ cultural awareness, so that they will notice the differences when exposed to the target language and culture, besides, they will be able to find out for themselves what to say or do and what not to say or do . Filtering cultural teaching into English teaching can bring about new spirit to middle school English teaching, and it can also promote the quality education.